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In major win for Israel, 31 countries to boycott anti-Semitic UN conference
Ynet ^ | Sep 20, 2021 | Itamar Eichner

Posted on 09/20/2021 3:16:57 PM PDT by Conservat1

Nations convinced to shun Durban Conference under Israeli diplomatic pressure, spearheaded by Lapid; FM says move demonstrates Israel's political power on the world stage

Thirty-one nations have so far decided to boycott a UN meeting marking the 20th anniversary of the Durban World Conference on Racism later this week due to the event's anti-Semitic nature in the past, marking a major diplomatic win for Israel.

The first conference was held in Durban, South Africa from August 31 through September 8, 2001, and covered several controversial issues, including redress for transatlantic slavery and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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1 posted on 09/20/2021 3:16:57 PM PDT by Conservat1
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To: Conservat1

20 countries that have announced that they won’t participate (11 more to not participate but haven’t announced it yet): the United States, Canada, Australia, the UK, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Israel, France, Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Greece, Romania, New Zealand, Slovenia and Slovakia.


2 posted on 09/20/2021 3:32:36 PM PDT by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: Conservat1

Screw the UN.


3 posted on 09/20/2021 3:35:28 PM PDT by Signalman
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Democrats Outraged!


4 posted on 09/20/2021 3:48:07 PM PDT by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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To: Signalman; All

Nice to see 31 sane countries in this aspect.


5 posted on 09/20/2021 3:49:38 PM PDT by Conservat1
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To: dsrtsage
I'm sure racist Islamist duo: Ilhan Omar/Rashida Tlaib and extremist “Liberal” AOC and co. Aren’t too happy.
6 posted on 09/20/2021 3:51:28 PM PDT by Conservat1
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To: Conservat1

It helps a bit that Israel has recently discovered a few trillion cubic feet of natural gas.


7 posted on 09/20/2021 3:57:28 PM PDT by lurk ( )
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a few trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

OMG they aren't going to use evil carbon are they?

8 posted on 09/20/2021 3:59:10 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: lurk
It helps a bit that Israel has recently discovered a few trillion cubic feet of natural gas.

I had not heard that. That’s good.

9 posted on 09/20/2021 4:01:15 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Conservat1

Great news! Surprised about New Zealand.


10 posted on 09/20/2021 4:01:39 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: Wilhelm Tell

LET’S BE HONEST, AREN’T WE ALL ASTONISHED THAT THE US, CANADA, THE UK, AUSTRALIA, AND FRANCE, ALL LEFTIST DOMINATED GOVERNMENTS, ARE ON THE LIST SUPPORTING ISRAEL?

THIS IS WHAT OUR WORLD HAS COME TO!


11 posted on 09/20/2021 4:07:29 PM PDT by TigerHawk (The Raised Middle Finger in the Clenched Fist of the World)
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To: Conservat1
I'm sure racist Islamist duo: Ilhan Omar/Rashida Tlaib and extremist “Liberal” AOC and co. Aren’t too happy.

Who cares?

12 posted on 09/20/2021 4:18:57 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: Wilhelm Tell

That is an amazing list, probably the fruits of the efforts by Trump and the Abraham accords in some way.


13 posted on 09/20/2021 4:34:07 PM PDT by BiglyCommentary
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To: Conservat1

DEFUND THE UN!


14 posted on 09/20/2021 5:44:55 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Participants should be slipped some good old fashioned food poisoning, something common to the hellhole where the conference is to take place.

15 posted on 09/20/2021 6:16:58 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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Good for Israel... it’s a win.


16 posted on 09/20/2021 9:01:15 PM PDT by GOPJ (Try Milley and his commie cabal for treason - then put them to death.It'll be a lesson for the young)
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To: TigerHawk

Australia does not have a ‘leftist dominated government’.


17 posted on 09/21/2021 5:28:31 AM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
18 posted on 09/21/2021 8:16:17 AM PDT by SJackson (blow in a dog’s face he gets mad, on a car ride he sticks his head out the window)
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To: Conservat1

19 posted on 10/19/2021 12:59:47 AM PDT by Conservat1
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